At the University of Colorado Boulder, Tyler Benari serves as an lecturer in the Department of Information Science, teaching upper-level courses in advanced user experience (UX) strategy and research. His classes emphasize critical thinking, systems awareness, and the designer’s role in shaping how people experience technology.

Rather than focusing narrowly on tools or deliverables, Tyler’s teaching centers on perspective, helping students understand how design decisions emerge from human behavior, business context, and systemic interdependence. Students learn to evaluate digital products not just for usability, but for coherence, clarity, and ethical impact.

Tyler’s curriculum blends practical UX methods with reflective inquiry. Through hands-on audits, heuristic evaluations, and synthesis exercises, students learn to uncover insights and translate them into strategic design recommendations. Across semesters, his courses have guided students toward thinking like experience strategists, seeing beyond interfaces to the relationships between people, systems, and meaning.